1. Pre-Mix – History – Week – 1

1) Which of the following statements is/are correct about Zamindari system under the Mughals?
1. The Mughals appointed people to act as tax officers, sending them around the country to oversee collection of revenue. These people were known as the zamindars
2. All categories of zamindars under the Mughals were required to perform certain police, judicial and military duties.
3. Zamindars under the Mughals were, in fact, more the public functionaries than revenue collecting agents.
4. Although zamindaris were allowed to be held hereditarily, the holders were not considered to be the proprietors of their estates.

a) 1, 2 and 3 only
b) 2, 3 and 4 only
c) 1, 3 and 4 only
d) All of the above

2) Which of the following statements is/are correct about Charter Act 1813?

1. It ended the trade monopoly of the East India Company in India except for trade in tea and trade with China.
2. There was a provision that Company should spend Rs 1 lakh every year on the education of Indians.
3. It saw the first faint beginnings of Central Legislature in India.

a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) All of the above

3) Which of the following statements is/are correct about Swadeshi Movement?
1. Abanindranath Tagore painted Bharat Mata as a protest against the partition of Bengal.
2. Nandalal Bose, a student of Abanindranath Tagore, was the first recipient of a scholarship offered by the Indian Society of Oriental Art , founded in 1907.

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2

4) Which of the following organizations are correctly matched with their leaders?
1. The East India Association ————- Dadabhai Naoroji
2. The Indian League ———————— Sisir Kumar Ghosh
3. The Indian Association of Calcutta — Surendranath Bannerjee and Anand Mohan Bose

a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) All of the above

5) The following statements about Mughal Paintings are in the context of which ruler?
1. He commissioned the illustrations of several literary and religious texts and established an Art Studio
2. Illustrations of Persian versions of Mahabharata (Razmanama) and Ramayana were produced in miniature form.
3. The most important work is illustration of Hamzanama.